Very dangerous man....I would love to know how many coversations you have had with Colin and Justin. Maybe you are in a discipleship relationship with them and have come to realize they don't walk with Jesus because of their own admission?

If not, and you are making judgements of their hearts based on hearsay or venues they play...well...that is not the court I hope to find myself in or am called to be in.

I don't say this to be a jerk- I just want to call the Body to a place of humility- especially in these matters.

-stumble

A funny quote from 'King of The Hill' comes to mind after reading this thread.

[Youth] Pastor K: Dude, you don’t have to act or dress a certain way for God. You can hang with him any way, anywhere. Don’t you think Jesus is right here in this half-pipe?

Hank [Hill]: I’m sure he’s a lot of places he doesn’t want to be.

P.S. This is, more than anything else, a facetious post by myself. I'm not trying to belittle any of the previous comments made here. This was just a funny quote that popped into my head just recently.

and you can endorse Beatport without getting their weekly email.

Also how is this directly related to music only that it is from a music selling site but the thread is not related to music rather the Gay community and judgement on something that you shouldnt judge on.

I think that's a fairly narrow interpretation of the conversation here. At the heart is the ever present question: how are we to conduct ourselves, as Christians in a fallen world? How are we to be in the world and not of it?

Can we buy music from a company who endorses a sinful lifestyle? Does the company's support of an event that supports a sinful lifestyle ACTUALLY mean the company supports it as well? Does playing at an event that supports a sinful lifestyle mean that you support it as well? Even if you think you don't? Does it matter what other people think you support, independent from what you actually support?

I think that's a valid conversation piece for "THE website for Christians who love dance music."

Christianity is not about acting a certain way.  Its about realizing you have received the gift of Christ's perfect life in place of your own sinful one for no reason other than God loves you.  The only difference between you and everyone else, no matter what they are struggling with, is that God found you and decided to reveal Himself to you with the hope that you would receive what He was offering you.  I still struggle with trying to act a certain way, but that only places the attention on me.  Almost like if I act good, then I have earned the gift of salvation.  But if you think that you have to act a certain way to receive Gods blessing, you are essentially telling God that the brutal murder of his only Son wasn't good enough and that you have to insert some of your own "good" actions to finish the deal.  The fact is, if you believe Christ's life of perfection was made into sin and then He was resurrected 3 days later for your sake, then that is it.  Nothing you can do can separate you from God's promise over you.

That being said, if you find offense over someone else's sin, especially someone who doesnt know Christ in the first place, then you are essentially placing yourself above them when in reality you are standing right next to them in the same mud pit. 

Christ came that He could bring God's kingdom to earth in order to reclaim what satan is trying to take over.  We are all called to different things with that particular mission.  Some of us are called to reclaim the people in our office buildings for God.  Some of us are called to reclaim a club that has been handed over to darkness.  The fact is, we are fighting a spiritual battle.  That is why we live.  To glorify God and reclaim His kingdom.  If Shiloh are called by God to reclaim the gay pride parade one step at a time then so be it.  But never think that we are not called into dark places.  That is where the light is needed most.  And never put the way people may view you above where God is calling you to go. 

It may seem unwise to you to go to the parade simply because that is not where God wants YOU to go.

I think the first thing that needs to happen is for people to come back to a place of understanding that we are no better off than homosexuals, we just know something they dont.  And someone needs to tell them.

And why is it that homosexuality has become such a massive issue in the church???  its no worse of a sin than gluttony, pride, or gossip.  But you dont see people trying to pass laws on talking trash behind peoples backs.  Our focus as the church has shifted to showing people their problems, rather than the solution of allowing Christ to work everything out AFTER we have allowed him in.

 

  I could re-quote everything you just said, Gabe.